The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-11
STATE NEWS.

Bristol Nese Era Bristol IL surely on .
boom. Nv N. Neel will also open Up large
stock Of goods. ct an early daie.
Live Oak Banner Of Lisrsy: b1wannss
county is the fist to vote on whlsksg g 700
MANY Others follow in rapid seecess!oA - 81
give prohibition big send4of 70 Old Su~Asao&
Il will help others to follow suit
Ocala Free Press: Mr. Will Hopkins, sthe
urhsne ticket manipulation of the r. K u N, mas
been taxing his ingenuity and energy IN reRuiA-
ting new and elegsnt card.ooa1o uckes case
jTn1 received TIE rcd taped, dnpiexed, com
picked local tickets VIII, in me fusure, give way
10 Abe handier short metre permN
Sanford Argus: Captain B T. Whhoer, 9
Fort Reed, has been elected Cnanmaa ot ~
Rosrd of County OomsAissoDsrss.s. TIA easc3
work on the new water-works reservoir was
comnleted Yesterday, and the roof is being
framed as RAPIDLY as possible All the work Is
being done in strictly frstclass manner.
Judge T. K Foster has had handsome ne"
Hall safe placed in his ONCE .t.
Quincy Herald The Apalachicola river is
on boom and the lowlands are Hooded. Nearly
All the crops on the bottom lands are under wa
ter and much loss will ensue. 1t is seldom thai
a freshet comes in July, and this has taken the
farmers by surprise. The tobacco crop ls oe-
ing housed, and the planters are getting ready
for market as rapidly as possible Inc crop IN
this county will be large and OF nne quaiity.
oakland Southern Sun The Western Union
telegraph wires being extended along the
line of The Orange Belt Railway nom Oakiano
TO Minneola and Clermont LIN less IMAM tnree
months from now the seventeen landings on
Lake Apopka will be increased to twenty.
Pelican Island in Indian river, near Melbourne,
is literally white with young pellcans. This is
due to the nerve of the owners OF the Island
who SAID, " no shooting here t
Jasper Times Mr.. ]. s. Goodbread, who is
= ,, al. 10 dol inhf Tod
with his crop, and declares he would not give
one acre OF tobacco for four acres of cotton 1t
was demonstrated long ago that the soil here is
well adapted to tobacco culture, and no doubt 1t
would pay well to raise il IN latGe qnannuea-
Hamilton county public schools WA commune
four months They can open OCT lst, ana many
will, but quite number cannot commenCe un-
I'll later in the season.
Sanford journal: The Jacksonville, Tampa
and Kew West Railroad has chartered the
steamer Cleo, and will put it on the route be
tween Melbourne and Jupiter, making tn weekly
trips and carrying the mails between those
points :. Florida oranges are said TO De seiiing
ara high figure in the North. This 10 another
strong argument why some methods OF preserv-
ing Florida oranges should be brought into gen.
eral use. Fishermen report mullet fishing to
be quite successful at this time, fine catches OF
large fish being of daily occurrence
-Macclenny Sentinel Thursday the remainder
of the county records and all official documents
were brought from Sanderson and placed In the
court house here. Judge Smith and Clerk Of
the Court F. ]. Pons accompanied the valua.
bles. A huge and perfect and 6ne favored
apple thirteen inches in circumstance, was
SEMI 70 us this week by T. N. Milton, raised On
his premises al Olustee. And yet some say thaS
Florida is not an apple State. .Aacclenny viii
boom ND as O cotton market this fAll. Large
and solid peaches are still in market
Plant City Courier: At the meeting of the
County Commissioner, held on Tuesday and
"wednesday of this week, lengthy peiition was
presented, asking the Board 10 order An election
10 test the question 40 to whether or not whis-
key shall be sold in this county fsr the next two
wears. The petitions pasted end 70 end meas
ured 81 feet in length and contained ffsm SO
10 800 names. The Board ordered the election
for the Goth Of September. The frog FORM
ing the crossing of the Florida Railway and Nav
igaiion and the South Florida railroads was put
in plscson Thursdsy last This places tAs T.
r. & " Co. in the position 70 push their line on
south, or to Tampa, a. soon as they are ready to
do 30.
-Ocala Banner The eminent English as
ironomer, Richard Anthony Proctor, has decided
TO become an American citizen, and 10 building
q residence near Oaklawn, on Orange Lake,
State The learned mans wife IL an American,
and IL 10 fair TO presume that she il entitled to
10 much credit a. the sunny groves OF Florida Tor
her husbands intention TO make his home in the
United States The he r;5 nss cotton % o. p tins
dick, Fla, August lat, for which he paid ten
cents per pousd, in the seed. Ne ]. 7. Brown,
Of Fellowship il engaged in gathering and
marketing alligator eggs Price, 60 cents dozen.
They are the size Of goose eggs, which they very
much resemble
Tampa Tribune: The quarantine % estab
L. 10
leaves very little TO fear as to the spread OF that
dread disease to the mainland. The Crawford
IL kept on duty continually, never lying up ex-
cept for fuel and provisions. The work OF
deepening the channel 10 progressing rapidly.
Both the drilling and dredging machines are at
work early and late and the report Of the dyna-
mite cartridges wakes the echo from Gadsden to
Peru. The next union Of tie South Florida
Baptist Association will be held at Bethel
church, commencing on Thursday, October
18th. Work on the Brushy Point extension Of
the South Florida Railroad 10 being pushed
ahead al an astonishing rata
Clear Water Harbor Times: Some Of the
school girls" of this neighborhood have gone
TO Studying in good earnest, setting ; ready S 70
next week. We understand that eight barrels
of Spanish rum were found on Hog Island not
long since. Can this be the product OF one demi'
John planted during the rebellion We
understand that Q new GWn, 70 DC called Aatn-
Ieeu. il 10 be laid out on tho bay two miles
south Of Clear Water, and that the terminus OF
The Tampa, Bay View and Clear Water Rail.
road will be NJ that point. Several small yes
sels have been sheltered 10 our harbor the last
few days, owing to the strong southwest winds
that have been prevailing
HIGHLAND Press: Within the boundaries of
lake county there are 146 miles Of completed
r.iIroad. operated by six companies, and hfty
nile more are under construction at the present
time. 70 cay nothing Of the numerous lines that
are protected Fruit trees seem TO be out
DOM themselves this season. We have already
reported the orange and Japan plum trees
blooming for the second time, and now We learn
fhaf MIA Eawyers pear trees are following In
the procession and blooming again. mr..
FrsnklIn, Of Mt Dora, raised about one half
acre Of onions this spring, from which he has
Detsed about $50. selling them TO the stores In
this vicinity. No doubt Mr.. Franklin nnds this
PAYS better than to be compelled to 60 to the
store and buy imported onions for 20 Or % cents
pa peck Re who are buying onions now, 60
and DO likewise.
BARLOW Informant: Mr.. Burt Hflderly
brouxhf up with him from Punta 0orda, last
Monday night, quite curiosity. IN ths shape Of
4 alt wster and shark, weighing about seven
ty-6Fs peunds Il Il certainly Tho ugiis1t speci.
men Of the deep We have sver ssen. Is wuS
cauRht with hook and line. There mus have
been come tall pulling" On The part et yousg
Hildezly. I'VE are again undar ooAeAeon: y
Ma Evlena Cunninekam Tor tn most wondsss
ful plate Of fruit that We have eye LIN. j. Hnv
not b . rsmaEkeh,e 70 thooe oo1tH ye1o4W
,such natter, bat ripe. sweet sn1 $50 gl.n